Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.HLT
ASignal's systematic analysis rates HLT as Neutral. Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. has a market cap of $72.13B, a P/E of 47.41, a 31.0% net margin, and 2.5% year-over-year revenue growth.
Reflects the latest available analysis · analyzed Aug 1, 2026
The case on HLT
Bull vs bear, surfaced by ASignal's framework agents from public market data. The precise verdict: ASignal Rank, confidence, and price targets - is in the app.
- Strong operating and gross margins (62.99% and 79.04%) indicating pricing power
- Positive free cash flow of $1.39B
- Earnings growth of 14.10% year-over-year
- Low payout ratio of 8.81% despite high dividend yield
- Overvalued on multiple metrics: P/E of 47.41x and forward P/E of 30.68x
- Negative price-to-book ratio (-11.48x) suggesting accounting issues or intangible-heavy balance sheet
- Declining price momentum and trading below key moving averages (SMA20, SMA50)
- MACD below signal line with negative histogram, indicating bearish momentum
- Current and quick ratios below 1.0, indicating liquidity concerns
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